now the blame game. as president obama pays tribute to the fallen at ft. hood, the governmental finger pointing begins over the missed warning signs. >> was somebody looking at the complete picture of dr. hasan? >> reporter: another black eye in the sky after a united airlines pilot is arrested for being drunk in the cockpit. we'll bring you the latest. after a court hearing, the lawyer for the man accused of trying to extort $2 million from david letterman comes out

swinging. >> i think any lawyer out of law school more than 15 minutes would be anxious to cross-examine mr. letterman. >> we'll speak to attorneys for both sides. and you'll meet the heroes who helped save the life of a boston woman who fell on the tracks. early on this wednesday morning, november 11th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs there's a picture this morning on this veterans day, a day we remember all those who serve us now and have served us in the past. of course, there's the iwo jima. good morning, everybody, i'm harry smith along with maggie. >> let's talk about this. we have our germ meter back at work back on the street trying to find germs every day places. everyone's so concerned with h1n1. and we discovered cell phones are one of the biggest germ

carriers around. and among these three types of cell phones, there is a worst offender. which type do you have? which is the worst? we'll reveal that later this morning. first, though, president obama and thousands of others remember the shooting victims at ft. hood yesterday. meanwhile, government officials are pointing fingers over who knew what and when about alleged shooter nidal hasan. cbs news correspondent don teague is in ft. hood with the latest on that. good morning, don. >> reporter: good morning, harry. the investigation is moving forward quickly, even as this post and the nation pause to remember the fallen. five days after the deadly rampage on ft. hood that claimed the lives of 13 people, 15,000 soldiers, civilians, and family members gathered together to remember those lost. >> no words can fill the void that's been left. we knew these men and women as soldiers and care givers.

you knew them as mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, sisters and brothers. >> reporter: who knew what when and finger pointing overshadows. officials say the government knew hasan had communicated with radical cleric aulaqi over the internet. but defense officials say no one at the pentagon or the army knew of the connection even though there was a military representative participating in the joint terrorism task force review. and in 2007, hasan gave a shocking presentation to colleagues at walter reed medical center using slides he argued u.s. muslim soldiers be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting against other muslims. and another slide warrant we love death more than you love life. >> a major question for the department of defense and the army in particular was was somebody looking at the complete picture of dr. hasan?

>> reporter: well, the president has ordered a thorough review to determine if the agencies involved failed to connect the dots that could've prevented a tragedy. harry? >> don teague at ft. hood this morning. thank you very much. joining us now from washington is veteran affairs secretary shinseki. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us today. first, you were at ft. hood with the president yesterday, can you describe what it was like there? >> well, yes, it was as you might expect heart wrenching, terrible tragedy, unexplainable. but i think the president did what was required yesterday. and that was bring the community together and begin the healing. >> as a former secretary of the army, how disturbing is it to you that it looks like various agencies failed to connect the dots on major hasan?

>> well, first of all, i served as chief of the army, harry -- >> sorry. >> -- but i'm sure there is the -- the right people will look at this. what i will tell you is that secretary gates and i two weeks ago co-hosted something called a national mental health summit to address ptsd, tbi, and other mental health issues that we think is important for us to address at this time. >> we know from the beginning of the iraq war, the escalation in the number of cases of post traumatic stress disorder. the other fact is that the more people that go back to these fields, theaters of war either in iraq or afghanistan, it multiplies the incidence of these kinds of things occurring. is the army and is the veterans

administration really equipped to deal with this flood of a problem? >> well, we are working diligently to increasing our capabilities here. i will tell you that today the veterans affairs employees -- employs 19,000 mental health professionals to address things like ptsd and tbi and depression. and some of the other mental health issues that come up from time to time with exposing people to the high stress, high dangers associated with combat. >> and very quickly, you have an enormous bureaucracy you're trying to wrestle to the ground and get in some sort of order. how confident are you that you'll be able to turn the veterans administration into an agency that really does fulfill its promise? >> well, we're working at that

very hard. we've been at it nine months now. first order of business was to implement a new post-9/11 g.i. bill, that's underway. we have a large backlog of claims that has been there for years. and that's the next priority. and we've begun taking that down, as well. >> secretary shinseki, we knew you were the chief of staff of the army. and we apologize for that. thank you for taking the time to speak with us this morning. do appreciate it. >> well, harry. thank you very much. thanks for having me. the man accused of trying to extort $2 million from david letterman, joe halderman was in court yesterday trying to battle the late night king. good morning, kelly. >> good morning, maggie, and good morning, harry. well the attorney for joe halderman says his client just wanted to sell a screen play. but letterman's own attorney says it was blackmail and the star is ready to go to court. >> there's a wide variety of

reasons i might not be able to continue. >> reporter: a trial would be no joke for the "late night" funny man. >> this guy knows creepy stuff about me. >> reporter: taking the stand could lead to more embarrassing revelations about the sexual affairs david letterman admits he had with female staffers. joe halderman's attorney relishes that possibility. >> well, i think that any lawyer that's been out of law school for more than 15 minutes would be anxious to cross-examine mr. letterman. >> reporter: letterman's attorney fired back saying letterman's not on trial, but a classic victim of blackmail ready to take the stand. >> mr. letterman is fully prepared to see this case through to the end. >> reporter: in documents filed in court tuesday, veteran cbs news man halderman charges he requested $2 million for the full rights to a screen play he decided to write about letterman after he learned his then girlfriend, late show staffer stephanie burkett was having a sexual relationship with the

comic. a hard-driven commercial length transaction does not constitute extortion says the defense. letterman's attorney disagrees. >> it's classic blackmail, no matter how mr. halderman's lawyer wants to dress it up. >> reporter: the defense filed motions yesterday to dismiss the entire case and the judge has said he will rule on those motions in january. maggie? >> kelly wallace, thank you, kelly. and copping up in our next half hour, we'll be speaking with the attorneys for both letterman and halderman. for the first time, talking to both of them together. right now we want to check in with russ mitchell at the news desk for a look at the rest of the morning's headlines. john allen muhammad was executed last night. muhammad was behind a killing spree that left ten dead back in 2002. he was put to death for the murder of dean harold myers killed at a virginia gas station. muhammad was executed by injection at a virginia prison. witnesses say he had no last words and died peacefully.

>> after he was placed on the gurney and strapped down, he was very emotionless. he watched a bit of the procedure that was being done on him. but after that was completed and the curtains were opened back up, he had his head tilted slightly to the right and his eyes were closed. and that's the way he remained. >> muhammad's lawyer says his client insisted until the end that he was innocent. a united airlines pilot is scheduled to appear in a london court next week after he was arrested aboard his plane for allegedly being drunk. nancy cortez is here with the latest. >> the pilot's own colleagues thought he was acting strangely in the cockpit and alerted british authorities. police removed him from the plane, gave him a breathalyzer test, and he failed. >> reporter: united flight 949 was supposed to leave heathrow monday at noon bound for chicago with 124 people on board. but not long before the boeing 767 was due to take off, the

51-year-old pilot irwin washington of lakewood, colorado, was arrested and later charged by british police with "performing an aviation function while exceeding the alcohol limit." united has suspended the pilot saying we have no tolerance for the strict policy. the passengers all had to be transferred to other flights. they were told simply that the pilot was sick. it was just six months ago that another pilot bound from heathrow to chicago, this time on american airlines also failed a breathalyzer test. what we don't know is just how high this pilot's blood alcohol level was on monday. regardless, it's more bad news for the industry, which is still struggling to understand how two northwest pilots engrossed in their laptops could've missed their destination by 150 miles just a few weeks back. russ? >> thank you very much.

in eastern tennessee, a dramatic rock slide that will give any driver the chills. it began as a trickle, then it all came crashing down yesterday on u.s. highway 64. yikes. it was the second rock slide that morning. crews had to pick up the car-sized rocks to clear the road. good morning, everybody. how about that? man, look at that. >> so the road wasn't blocked off at the time? >> where was the camera? >> good question. >> we are everywhere. we are everywhere. >> great question. >> i'm just going to sit here until these rocks come down. >> that is amazing. >> stunning. >> honey, i'm late. >> well, you know what? >> there was a rock slide. good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> nice to be home. good to be back. let's walk on over to the weather wall. lots to talk about. maps are busy. i'll tell you.

you know, we saw all of that rain rolling up with ida yesterday now pushing toward t

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are being called heroes.orkers last friday night a woman who appeared to be drunk fell on to the tracks. she works for the mbta saw the woman and immediately got on the radio and told the driver of the speeding train to stop, which as you can see she did just in time. joining us this morning from boston, jackie osorio. as you're bringing in the train, getting ready to stop at the station, before jackie called you, did you have any idea that anything was wrong? >> well, i knew something was wrong because people on the platform were obviously where

they were not supposed to be on the yellow line, and they were waving a little bit more than they were supposed to. looking like they were going to fall into the pit. so initially i mean common sense is like, okay, slow down just in case someone falls in the pit. and so then the woman moved, which made me notice she was in there and that the passengers were pointing in there and i just emergency braked and the train stopped just in time. >> okay. jackie, so you're on this platform, we can see the video, and it looks like a frantic scene, but we can't hear it. describe it from your perspective being there. >> it was kind of horrific when you see the young lady in the pit area. the people were very frantic. at one point i believe that the older man at the end of the platform turns away. and it was just -- it was a

crazy situation. the people were very frantic -- >> you got on the radio immediately and called sharice. did you think you had got to her in time? or did you think this was going to have a horrible end? >> i honestly thought it was going to end bad. the train as it approached was coming in a little bit slower than usual, but still was -- these trains you never know what's going to happen. especially on a day-to-day basis. >> so luckily, you hit the emergency brake, you stop, you get out of the train. as you are coming out of the train, did you fear that you hadn't stopped in time? what did you expect to find? >> i expected a bad picture. all i saw was a train go over her body and i just was like oh

my gosh, this is going to be so bad. and, you know, it scared me, and i'm just like please god, just let this woman be okay. and when she crawled out from under and she gave me a smile. i was just like oh my god. >> what did she say to you? what did she say to you? >> she didn't say anything to me. it was more or less like, okay, here i am. let me try to get myself out the pit. and so the people were just trying to help her get out the pit. and cynthia white was one of the good samaritans who pulled her out and the two older gentlemen pulled her out. and i just saw, you know, she has all of her limbs, legs, arms, she's not hurt. so i was happy. >> well, as the governor of massachusetts said, you are both heroes and we congratulate you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> take care. >> bye. still to come, we'll talk with david letterman's attorney

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hello again. it's a damp day and that will include the drive. we'll look at the doppler weather radar. we have light rain, area wide. well, it looks like, well, this picture goes quickly. we had steadier rain around bel air and there's a couple of

steadier showers in the area. let's look at the forecast for the day. indeed, we'll keep it quite gray and damp at times. keep a umbrella with you. now, over to sharon gibala. >> hi, well, overall, volume is light because of veteran's day and we have a few accidents. look at this delay, it's because of 295 route 32 and we have a reck at howard and west 24th and a crash southbound root 24 at i-95 and one more in annapolis at solomon road and watch for a traffic light out at root 30 and only delays, slight ones and there's a look at the harrisburg expressway, an 8 minute ride and 295 at 32. this is brought to you by

subway. it's a solum veteran's day for two local families who are mourning the loss of two loved ones. we're learning that a maryland marine died in afghanistan. the 26-year-old died saturday in western afghanistan while supporting combat operations. he lived in union bridge, carroll county. his death happened a few days after a 55-year-old died in the fort hood massacre. later on today, the governor will be holding separate veteran's day events. he terrorized the area in 2000 and now, john alan mumahhad is dead. his family is going to take his

body back to baton rouge, louisiana. the jury is selected and now, the prosecutors and defense attorneys are preparing their opening statements. lipscomb will be on the opening statement list. up next, the subway heros able to stop a speeding train in time to

it is a wednesday morning, veterans day. we welcome all of you back and salute our veterans and everyone serving our country on this morning. coming up, if you are worried about germs, remember we did a series a couple of weeks ago that germs are all over the place? man, are they on your cell phones. >> it's scary. >> in a kind of really crazy out

of control way. and we'll tell you about that in just a little bit. also ahead this morning, he's got the ultimate poker face. 21-year-old college dropout, a former busboy who is now a multimillionaire and the youngest winner ever of the world series of poker. we'll be speaking with him in just a bit. but first, we told you earlier about the man trying to extort $2 million from david letterman is trying to fight the charges. joe halderman says he was not trying to blackmail letterman, it was just a sales pitch for a screen play. joining us now is halderman's attorney and also the attorney daniel horwitz. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let me begin with you. but an early morning drop off of a package that includes, according to prosecutors evidence of letterman's affairs and a letter claiming that mr. letterman's world was about to end if he didn't cough up the money does not give the

appearance of a legitimate business transaction. >> it does because there's so much more than that. if you look at all of the circumstances in the case and, unfortunately, a lot of that information is under seal. but i've had an opportunity to look at that information. to look at all of the circumstances of the case, it shows clearly that this was the business transaction. joe halderman had intellectual properties that he had a first amendment right to sell. he could write a book, he could write a screen play, he could offer a treatment perfectly proper, $2 million, not out of line. we cited case after case after case where there were multimillion dollar deals for sensational stories. and guess what? this is a sensational story. and the entire background -- >> why was he only trying to sell it to david letterman if not to give him the opportunity to keep it quiet if he wanted to? and doesn't that imply a threat? >> no, it doesn't imply a threat because the fact that he gave

david letterman the right of first refusal does not increase the strength of the prosecution's case. there's nothing in the law that says you have to first go to someone else, get a price, and then come back to someone like david letterman and then offer it to him. and also, i'm getting questions like, wow, 6:00 in the morning. first, it wasn't put in his car. joe halderman didn't sneak around. he knew mr. letterman's driver. he knew when the driver picked him up and he simply dropped off the package. would it have been better if he put it in the mailbox or sent it fedex? i don't think so. i'm suggesting that all the circumstances in this case strongly, strongly support the proposition that this was a business transaction. >> all right. >> there was a discussion of tax consequences. it was a discussion of what would happen if he disclosed the secret. nevertheless, he would have to return the money. this was a legitimate business transaction. >> all right.

i'd like to bring in mr. horwitz and get his reaction to what you said. he says this is just a screen play, not extortion. >> i think the evidence, maggie, you describe that the district attorney has laid out is compelling evidence. that this was not a legitimate business transaction. and any of the other evidence there might be, i think is only going to amplify mr. halderman's intent to blackmail dave letterman. >> are you sure that prosecutors can prove that this was extortion? >> i worked in that office for ten years, defending cases against that office. bob morganthal has been a prosecutor for 15 years, i'm absolutely positive. >> if mr. letterman has to testify, is he prepared for questions that could reveal things that could be potentially further damaging to his career and reputation? >> he is absolutely prepared to testify and will answer all questions. now, i think there's been a lot

of misinformation, and there are a lot of things out there that are not relevant to the case. what's relevant in this case is -- as you said at the outset, what was mr. halderman doing in the shadows of dave letterman's apartment building at 6:00 in the morning with a package that threatened to ruin his world, threatened him and his family unless you pay me a big chunk of money and get back to me in two hours. >> let many ask mr. shardel how it is relevant that as you said yesterday shargel that you said letterman fostered an environment that under any definition amounted to actionable sexual harassment. how is that relevant to this extortion case? are you just trying to smear david letterman now? >> no, it's relevant because it increases the value of the property and that's why it's worth $2 million, and that's why people would be interested in buying it. let me say one other thing, if i

may. with all respect to mr. horwitz, i know he's a good prosecutor and now he's a defense lawyer. let me say this, to say to you that bob morganthal has been a prosecutor for 50 years and he said he had a strong case and we should accept what it is he said. it doesn't matter that mr. horwitz hadn't reviewed the documents himself, it must be true. let me tell you something, what the american justice system is all about is questioning a prosecutor and saying to a prosecutor you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this activity violated the law and i suggest to you that will never happen. >> would mr. halderman being willing to accept a plea deal if he's offered one. has he been offered one? >> i made a motion to dismiss the case. >> if that doesn't happen -- >> i'm sorry? >> if that doesn't happen and they approach him with a plea deal, would he consider taking it? >> no, if it doesn't happen, the next thing that's going to -- the next thing that will happen is the trial. >> all right. gerald shargel, thank you very

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>> that's a quick look at your weather, folks. >> all right. we're going to have our germs on the phone segment here in a couple of minutes. first, we heard about this story overnight. it's very interesting. you're a good catholic girl, right? what do you do when you go into church? one of the things you're supposed to do. >> right when you go in, there's th communal bowl of holy

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in this morning's health watch, more germ warfare. dangerous germs could be hiding where you least expect them. here's cbs news correspondent kelly wallace and professional now germologist. welcome back. >> it's a title i don't think i'm glad to have. okay. so it's the thing we use the most that harbor the most germs according to scientists. that makes sense. but the more germs, the more likely viruses are present. so just where are all of these germ factories? the answers might surprise you. >> reporter: at a time when germs have us more anxious than ever, we wanted to know where to find them. >> i think it's like everywhere in your house. >> bathrooms -- >> the sink. >> phone booths. >> reporter: dr. chuck gurva is known as dr. germ. after conducting more than 7,000 studies, he's found the most germs per square inch are on the

things we touch the most. number one on that list, the cell phone. more than 203 million americans currently own one. earlier this year, researchers published a study that showed 94.5% of cell phones used by health care workers had evidence of bacterial contamination. >> what we're looking for is a number less than 100. >> reporter: armed with his germ meter which measures a level of bacteria, the germinator joined us when we asked people on the streets of new york if we could test what they never leave home without. >> whoa, i'm impressed. >>eporter: the first phone was practically germ-free. a blackberry. we tried another one. remember, you want to score under 100. >> whoa. >> you haven't been talking dirty, that's for sure. >> reporter: but then we put this flip phone to the test.

>> i want to get some of this stuff, actually. >> reporter: which happened to be mine. >> oh, no, 261. >> reporter: he says objects holding moisture tend to hold more germs. so where else do our fingers do the walking? at atms which can leave you with more than just cash. >> wow. that's in the millions. we're in the millions here. >> the worst we've encountered. >> reporter: atms can be the biggest germ offenders, he says, especially atms outside of buildings. >> right here usually. >> reporter: and where do women put their money after pushing all of those buttons? your handbag may actually be a bag of germs. >> you're dragging through the toilets of new york? >> reporter: we plopped them down on the bathroom floor, on the pigeon-covered sidewalk, and then -- >> they'll stick it right on the

counter top and then make lunch. >> reporter: and we aren't disinfecting our bags, at least i wasn't before this. >> that's the germiest one. you're right, you're so good. >> one of the germiest bags. oh, that's disgusting. >> oh yes, time for a new bag. my husband's been urging me to get a new one. i think it's time. we said the flip phone can be the biggest -- of the blackberry or the iphone surface, which do you think can be the bigger germ offender. >> maybe because there's more creases in this one? >> it's moisture that causes the germs. so anything that doesn't gather moisture would be a good way to go. but if you use disinfecting wipes, you're good to go. the astronaut has entered a plea. we'll have more of that later on cbs. cbs "health watch" sponsored by walmart. christmas costs less at walmart. save money, live better. walmart.

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hello, you're looking live at spaghetti junction. we have rain falling from the clouds. an sharon gibala has more in the traffic control. well, the rain isn't doing much for the veteran's day commute. we have a bunch of accidents and delay. first of all, an accident on the topside at york road and another wreck on 83 past middletown road and you're looking at a 7 minute backup

and accidents still working at 295 and a crash in avington and a city in the west northern parkway. watch for an accident in anne arundel county at 665 and root 2 and there's a look at the delay because of the accident. typical delays on the top and westside. this is brought to you by subway. thank you, and we're in the weather center. we're seeing steady rain and it's been raining like this since we came to work this morning and expect it to rain for a while longer. we're calling for rain at times with a high around 56. i'm not sure we got to 56, we'll stay in the low 50s through this wednesday. in the news, the cost of war and military service. loved ones mourn the loss of two local service people from

the local area. as we honor veteran's today, we're learning that a maryland marine died in afghanistan. the 26-year-old died saturday in western afghanistan while supporting combat operations. he lived west of westminster and his death happened a few days of a 55-year-old died in the fort hood massacre. later on today, the governor and first lady will be holding separate veterans day events. no minors can use indoor tanning beds. using it been the age of 30 can increase the chance of skin cancer and as of tomorrow, it will be illegal for anyone under 18 to use an indoor tanning bed. a private mass for john

mass is going to be held today. he died at vmi after a 10-mile training run.

former astronaut lisa nowak grounded after pleading guilty to attacking a romantic rival. >> i'm 100% certain that lisa nowak came here to murder me. >> the latest on the bizarre love triangle. from college dropout to instant multimillionaire. we'll talk to the newest stud in vegas, the youngest ever world series of poker champion. and she's the reigning queen of comedy. >> just an fyi, i don't want anything with side effects,

unless it's rapid weight loss. >> julia louis-dreyfus stops by for a new adventure, early this wednesday morning, november 11th, 2009. nice crowd on hand. >> big birthday. >> it is. not today. >> no, yesterday. marine corps, happy birthday to the marine corps. absolutely. >> we salute you. thank you. nice to see you. >> there you go. welcome back to "the early show," everybody. coming up, world record time again. m martial arts champion kenneth lee is here to get back his record he once owned. he has one minute to slice as many apples in air as he can. >> with a big old sword, by the way.

>> uh-oh. >> i'm staying -- whoa! >> let him get warmed up. all right, all right. >> it's a good thing he's slicing apples. >> put that away. somebody's going to poke an eye out. >> the same guy did my bris, and he is so precise. he doubles. well, you know what goes great with apples? >> pork. >> more jokes. >> no, that will ruin your appetite. and we don't want to ruin your appetite because charlie palmer is here and he's creating three delicious dishes with apples. >> we'll have that in a little bit. go ahead. let's say hello to russ mitchell standing by at the news desk this morning. good morning, russ. >> dave, that was the line of the century. it is reported this morning that the executives from the

private security firm blackwater had that plan to bribe iraqi officials with $1 million. the "new york times" reports that the bribe money was intended to pay off officials following a deadly shooting in 2007. blackwater employees fatally shot 17 iraqi citizens that sparked protests and strained relations with the iraqi government. it is unclear if the payments were actually made. the company spokesperson calls the allegations baseless. the body of a missing american soldier was found in afghanistan this morning. massachusetts native benjamin sherman and another soldier had been missing since november 4th. the divers found sherman's body in a river in western afghanistan. he had been swept away trying to recover supplies. the search for the second soldier continues. polygamous rape jessop was sentenced for sexually assaulting a child believed to be one of his wives. jessop is the first to go on trial since raided in 2008. 11 other members still face

trial. former astronaut lisa nowak has avoided prison time in a bizarre attack on a romantic rival back in 2007. she made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to lesser charges. cbs news correspondent has more. >> reporter: when lisa nowak walked into the orlando courtroom on tuesday, she had to admit her guilt. perhaps worse, she had to face the woman she's accused of driving across the country to attack. romantic rival colleen shipman. >> i'm 100% certain that lisa nowak came here to murder me. >> reporter: shipman was dating nowak's love interest, astronaut william oefelein. nowak disguised in a wig and carrying pepper spray confronted shipman in a parking lot. shipman got away. >> now, almost three years later, i'm still reeling from her vicious attack, and i'm still trying to put my life back together. >> i am sincerely sorry for causing fear and

misunderstanding, and all of the intense public exposure that you suffered. >> reporter: nowak won't go to jail. she's sentenced to time already served and one year's probation. cbs news, miami. the department of energy is predicting higher oil and gas prices over the next year. it says oil prices will be 10% higher than it estimated just last month. $81 a barrel. and by next summer, we'll be paying, according to this, $3 a gallon for gasoline. and parts of south america experience energy problems which caused a massive blackout. millions of brazilians in rio de janeiro were in the dark. it also effected people in paraguay. power was restored after two hours. right now katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. why are congressmen giving out to a foundation that hasn't

given out a scholarship in six years? we'll follow the money tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." it is now 8:05 and dave price is out on the plaza with another check of the weather. how do you feel, dave? >> i'm good. i love it when the crowd is like this. it's nice to see everybody here. put the whoopee cushions away. what is this? >> this is our john jake college swim team. >> oh, it's a swim team cap. nice to see you. and we've got the basketball team here with the championship

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well, we do it every week, you ask and we answer when it comes to your medical questions courtesy of our own dr. jennifer ashton. good morning. >> good morning, you guys. >> i want to go right to work here. paul is live on his web cam and has a question about home remedies for sore throats. paul, good morning. what's your question? >> good morning, how are you? >> good. >> my question is when i was a

kid i remember my mom giving us a gargle with iodine. and it seemed to be very effective in curing the sore throat and the swollen glands, and a simple and inexpensive remedy. how come we're not using things like that now? >> that is a great question, paul. and there are so many things that our moms and grand moms used to do for us that really did work. and they have since a lot of times fallen by the wayside. it is still, believe it or not, pretty popular in places like japan, some people in this country still do it. mixing iodine with water and gargling. it does kill bacteria, and a lot of oral surgeons will use a diluted iodine wash after some mouth surgery. but like anything in medicine, too much of it can actually be dangerous, especially if you swallow it. it can effect the function of the thyroid gland. in moderation, paul, feel free to continue, but probably not every day. >> well, thank you. >> all right. >> thank you. >> carrie from springboro, ohio,

writes on twitter, has there been enough testing for people with asthma and the medications they take to administer the proper dose? >> this becomes interesting, right? >> right. >> because we talk so often how to make sure the cocktail of medications you're involved with, how does h1n1 fit in with all of those medications? >> exactly, and for asthma in particular, we know the people who have been hospitalized and died due to complications of h1n1, the largest percentage of them, in fact, had asthma. the clinical trials with the h1n1 vaccine and asthma are ongoing. they enrolled about 350 people, and they are ages 12 and up. people with mild, moderate, and severe asthma. they're really looking at what dose of the vaccine is effective, safety data. they are, of course, looking at. but we know from decades of the seasonal flu vaccine that it is safe in people with asthma, but those results are still going to be ongoing. but harry, your point about the cocktail of medications, very important for people with asthma

to be aggressive and on top of their symptoms so that it doesn't go into pneumonia if they get infected with the h1n1 virus. >> if you're taking medication for anything, you have to tell your doctor before you get this vaccine because could it interact? >> really not medications are not expected to interact with the vaccine, but maggie, any type of medication, herbal supplement, they can interact with each other, not so much with the vaccine, but with each other. we have another live question from a viewer on her web cam. christine steinman from des moines, iowa. christine, do you have a question for dr. ashton? >> yes, good morning, my question is about new technology in medicine. how are some ways that high-speed internet has been able to help physicians and health care providers to provide better service to some of those rural and underserved areas both globally and in the united states? >> i love this question, you

guys and christine. so, so smart. telemedicine is a really exploding field and it really is allowing doctors to be connected with other doctors in various parts of the world. but also with patients. and this is a great way for people to share resources and information, especially for those who are in as you said underserved areas or remote locations. it's already going on with just the interpretation of things like cat scans and x-rays. sometimes when we do them here in the middle of the night, the images are actually fed to australia and india where because of the time difference, those doctors are sitting there waiting to receive the images and they're actually reviewing the reports a lot of times that are getting done here in this country and in off hours. so i think we are going to see more of it. bottom line, though, you're never going to be able to replace the hands on physical exam that we as health care professionals do looking, listening, and feeling as examining. >> sounds like the new house call. >> it's going to be part of it. >> a lot of people, though, especially in rural areas are

going on the internet to try to diagnose themselves with the information off the internet. is that, indeed, helpful? or is it a double-edged sword? or can it be dangerous? >> we doctors do that all the time because we know all of that information. we are very quick traditionally to say i have this. largely, dave, i think it is helpful. i think information is always a good thing. but you're never going to be able to replace actual hands on physical exam, things we're taught about things look, feel, and smell at some times. >> good questions, jen. >> and if any of you have questions for our dr. jennifer ashton go to our website cbsnews.com and click on her ask it early link. up next, meet the new stud of vegas. the youngest winner ever of the world series of poker. >> look at all of that money. >> that's a lot of money. he's up next on "the early show." ♪ [ male announcer ] we're cutting the cost of yuletide.

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joe cada is a college dropout, now he's a multimillionaire after winning $8.5 million tuesday morning. he is the youngest champion ever to win the world series of poker. and he joins us from las vegas. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> how does it feel to be surrounded by all that money? >> it feels pretty good. the money is pretty sweet. >> the money's pretty sweet. so was this your first time in the world series of poker? >> yeah. this was my first time in the world series of poker. i just turned 21, so i was looking forward to playing in it the last three years. >> and in your anticipation of playing, did you think i got a shot? or were you trying to do it to get some experience? >> i was really excited to play. it's a really long shot because there's 6,500 people in the

tournament. but i was still looking forward to playing in it. >> and as you were playing and progressing and it was becoming clear that you were starting to end up in a position of being able to win, what were you thinking? >> it was pretty surreal for the most part. you kind of get in the zone after a while. when you play -- the tournament lasted for about ten days total. once you start playing for a long time, it was just like, it was just like you had to wake up and go and play another day. you kind of get in the zone for a little bit. >> i'm looking at the two cards there. those are your two nines? >> yeah. >> yeah. right. so you won with two nines, and you're the last guy standing next to you had what? he was holding a jack? >> yeah, he had jack, queen, and diamonds. we got it all in preflop. >> so you were holding the nines to begin with? >> yeah. i raised it up to $3 million, he made it $8 million, and i moved in for like $60 million and he called. >> and he called.

>> now, was there anything left -- you never looked, right, to see what's on the flop if he calls, right? >> well, i was kind of scared to look, so i had my back turned hoping it would work out the best. >> wow. >> you started playing poker, how old were you? >> i started when i was younger. i kind of got into cards at an early age just playing for fun and stuff like that and learning a bunch of different card games. and then when the home moneymaker boom took off about six years ago, a bunch of card games started popping up with friends and that was the thing to do. you go hang out with friends, play some cards. then when i was 18, i transitioned online on poker stars. >> right. and your mother, i know discouraged you at first. and then she said, well, you're so good at it, we might as well let you pursue your dreams. >> she works for the casino, right? >> what did she say after you won? >> yeah, my mom works at the

casino so she was always very skeptical of it. and she always would see other people gambling and lose money. so she was always kind of really nervous about me playing poker for a living. but it kind of brought her to tears when i won the thing. she said she was really proud. >> can i play the mom here for a minute? i know you dropped out of college to play poker, are you going to go back now that you can afford to pay for college? >> no, i don't plan on going back to college any time soon. >> i think he'll be okay. >> how many hours do you play a day in this tournament? is it like a job? how does it work? >> yeah, the whole world series. i got out in vegas in the whole world series was out for about 48 days and the main event lasted ten days and every day was about 10 to 12 hours, some days are longer and some days are shorter than others. >> what was it like riding this roller coaster. because you were way up at one point and at another point you

were kind of close to the edge, right? >> yeah. even at the beginning of the tournament, i'm never really the chip leader of tournaments rarely ever. and i started out as chip later after day one. and it was going well. and towards the middle of the tourn. me ment tournament, i was getting low on chips. and fortunately everything worked out well. >> it did. lll

it's an overcast day and damp. yeah, you look at that shot and it's not raining, but the fact of the matter is, here's the doppler here. and this is a scan here, it shows the motion and the rain falling. it's light in the downtown shot right now. looking at the forecast now. keep an umbrella handy. we'll have a high of 56. right now, we're in the low 50s and 56 is normal for this day and for the past many, it will

be cooler and we'll have a little bit of a breeze around. now, over to sharon gibala, wjz- 13 traffic control. hi, marty, a potentially seriously problem in nottingham. it's involving a bus on rossville boulevard. they're checking out everyone for injuries and watch for a crash at york road, that's blocking the left lane with a 24 minute backup back to harford road. a wreck on 95 southbound, a tractor trailer into a slight delay and another at 295 southbound and blocking the ramp and one more at erdman and harford road. and 295 on the topside, there's a look at 95. and this is brought to you by the cokhran firm. >> don, back to you. and in the news, two

maryland service people who recently joined the ranks of the service people are remembered this veteran's day. and we have the stories. >> reporter: don, as we're honoring veteran's today, a maryland died in afghanistan. he died saturday in western afghanistan while supporting combat operations. he lived in union bridge carroll county west of west mincer and his death happened a few days after a 55-year-old from the area died in the fort hood massacre. later on today, they'll focus on children and the military. >> and a spike in military suicides has a lawmaker pressing for answers. they sent a letter to gates asking for data on how many are on prescription antidepressants.

he thinks they could be playing a roll in that. and five teens are behind bars this morning. witnesses say that the teams charged into the lunchroom after 1:00 yesterday and attacked a student there. the teen was stabbed in the back and he'll recover. stay with wjz-13, maryland's news station.

no better sight, doesn't matter where you are in the world when you can look up and see the stars and stripes. >> gives you chills, doesn't it? >> it absolutely does. >> we salute our veterans. >> absolutely. >> on veterans day. >> we've got veterans here, we've government marines here. what a job they have done and what a job they continue to do as we welcome you back to "the

early show." coming up, the queens of tv comedy, one of them, she's been amazing. first in "seinfeld" and now the "new adventures of old christine." julia louis-dreyfus. anyway, she's so much fun to watch on that show. >> so beautiful. and charlie palmer in the house this morning. he's going to make roast pork tenderloin that will absolutely knock your socks off. and in a little while we're going to try to break another world record. we've been doing that all this week. we're going to see -- he's going to use a sword to try to slice apples in a minute and break the record like that. but first, we're going to try to break another record. this is asher mandela, can you guess what she holds the world record title for? the longest dreadlocks on a female, asha, good morning.

>> hi, thanks for having me. >> do you have a famous relative? >> no. >> just curious. >> so normally you wear your hair up, because if you wore it down, you'd be tripping all over it. >> i've got to put it up on a bun on top. >> how much does it weigh? >> about 3 1/2 pounds. >> and when you take a shower, you say it gets really heavy. >> well, it is -- not when i -- >> oh, yes. >> it's heavy. takes about 20 minutes, it's a lot of water in there. so i've got to tilt it to the side. >> how long has this been going on? >> for like 21 years. >> you have not cut your hair in 21 years? >> i have not in 21 years. >> so stewart is here from guinness. and she holds the current record at how long is the longest dreads? >> the last time was 8'6". >> when was that? >> last year. >> some were rolled up, and you didn't measure the longest one

at that time. >> yeah, i didn't think about it because i had to put it in a knot to protect it from breakage, and i didn't think about letting it down, and i finally went to the hairdresser and she said we've got to let all this down. >> why don't we get down and would you mind? >> yeah, sure, harry. >> lay down and we'll measure it. >> right now they're unraveling the hair. 3 1/2 pounds of hair on this woman's head. she's going to lay down. harry's helping her with this. there we go, getting in position. as you can see the man from the guinness book of world records with the measuring tool there. >> do you want me to hold it as close to the root as possible? >> yes, push the scalp. >> this is very serious business. >> i need the tape measure. >> the tape measure's out. >> you want me to lay flat? >> you know what? let me put it right there. okay. perfect. >> we're beginning to measure right now.

>> would you mind stretching it out? where are you starting? at the root of the hair. don't stand on it. >> we will not stand on it. >> coming up in a while, a double dutch competition using the same hair. all right. right now we're at 4 feet, we're at 5 feet, 6 feet, 7 feet, we're going to 8, 9, 10, we keep on going, 161 inches, 179 inches, we're at 16 feet, 18 feet, he's pulling now, 19 feet. 19'4". >> as close as we can get right now, that is 19'6 1/2".

>> a new world record. a new guinness world record. >> harry, how do you feel being a witness to this? >> i just hope i can find the end of it. >> let's roll it back. >> is this number eight? how do you feel right now? >> whoa. special. >> did this award knock you off your feet? >> yes, it did. i'm so pleased with the guinness world records and this is just great. >> what do you plan to do to celebrate? >> i don't know yet. i have no idea yet. it's just i'm like so overwhelmed this. it's really wonderful. >> well, just relax. >> i will. >> we are all blown away by the record. and we have a plaque for you. >> i've got to get up. >> you don't want to mess up your hair. >> there we go. >> all right, asha.

here we go. >> hey, chrrystacrystal, gale, heart out. >> thank you very much. asha mandela, thank you. from the guinness book of world records. >> we have not been able to give that plaque out this week because no one has been able to break the world record, but you have. >> we're also giving you two tickets to "hair" on broadway. no, i wasn't serious. >> we'll make that happen. >> all right. congratulations to you. let's take a check of the weather. it's chilly out, so bundle

if we had a tape measure, i would measure ruosou's hair. there you go. we would be measuring that right there. >> that's 8 inches. there. [ laughter ] we'll look at the forecast today. it's raining now, it's going to be raining throughout the day. breezy and cooler. 56 degrees is the forecast, high temperatures in the low 50s and it's going to be a wet one. >> that's a quick look at your weather picture. i love the look.

all right. harry, inside to you. two-time emmy winner julia louis-dreyfus is often called one of the leading ladies of comedy. her sitcom, "the new adventures of old christine" is currently in its fifth season. and this season eric mccormick formally of "will and grace" takes a spin as a guest star. >> i swear when i get out of here, i'm going to kill you. >> she's in the anger phase now. >> what's next? >> grief. >> oh, my god. why me? >> followed by acceptance. >> oh, well, what are you going to do? >> and julia louis-dreyfus is with us. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> this is not going to be a one-shot deal with him? with eric? >> no, he's on a number of shows this season, which is fantastic. >> because you need a therapist. >> i need a therapist and a

boyfriend, and that gets bundled up into one. he's a very bad therapist and a very bad boyfriend. so it all works out perfect. >> that's good for your character. >> yeah. it's good. >> because your character thrives on humiliation. >> humiliation and dysfunction is where she lives. so it's perfect. >> how do you deal with humiliation in real life? >> badly, harry. badly. very badly. >> isn't that funny how that works, though? >> yeah. yeah. who can deal with humiliation well? just pose it to you that way. do you like to be humiliated, harry? >> only on television. >> how ideal. well, i have all of these photographs. >> you know what? we do have some funny pictures. >> we do. >> because we are very fortunate -- i was very fortunate, i should say -- >> i was very fortunate. >> no, no, no -- to be able to sit next to you at the white house correspondents dinner several months ago. and you were hilarious because your girl pal wanda sykes was --

>> she was the m.c. of the event and she did spectacularly well. and you and i made our way right up to the row -- >> you said i want to go up there and take a picture. i said just follow me. follow me. this is my turf. >> which i really appreciated. look at these incredible pictures. yeah, i think i'm about to be hired for the a.p., i think. they really like my work. but actually my husband and i, i think took those pictures of us. thank goodness, we got to get down in front and michelle obama. look, do you see she's waving in that shot? and she's a little cut off, but that's all right. she doesn't mind, it's a good shot of me. >> that's what really counts. that really does count. and could you look any better than you look? >> thank you, again. but having a mike in your back helps. if you'd seen me an hour and a half ago, you might not have said that. that's all right. i'll take the compliment, thank you. >> two emmies. what did we say in the intro?

>> one of the -- >> one of the leading ladies -- >> one of them. one of the thousands. >> love your show, we love you. >> thank you. >> thanks for coming by. >> my pleasure. watch our show, america. >> we will. let's get with it. you can see "the new adventures of old christine" wednesday nights at 8:00 and 7:00 central. you better watch right here on cbs. now here's maggie. all right. a toast to julia louis-dreyfus on the show. chef charlie palmer is here. fixing an amazing pork dish that also has apples. we're going to try to break a world record, kenneth lee is going to try to regain his title for the most apple sliced in midair in one minute. he'll slice apples with a sword.

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tonight, seven of the world's top chefs will celebrate american cuisine at the james beard foundation here in new york. one of them is chef charlie palmer who has 13 restaurants and is a multiple award winner. and he's here to share some of his favorite pork recipes with us this morning. good morning. >> harry, nice to be with you. >> look forward to seeing you over there tonight. here are just several of your james bierd awards. it's a prestigious thing. >> they are really kind of like the emmys or the oscars for our profession. >> so you better know how to make some pork, i would think. >> you better know how to cook. today we're going to do pork tenderloin. some people say, they're easy. when you get them, take a little bit of the silver skin off and trim it up here. you know, and get it nice and -- >> there's enough fat then within the muscly stuff?

>> there is enough in the muscle and if you want to season that up a little bit. >> it'd be my pleasure. >> one thing i always tell people is you don't want to overcook, you want to brown it up nicely. >> yeah. it doesn't take long, does it? >> and you want to do it about medium. >> that's going to do it. >> you're a pro. >> well, that's all i know how to do. >> we'll get you an award. we'll get that in our pan and get started. >> there you go. >> and what we're going to do is add some nice apples to that. once we brown it on each side, we'll just get it starting to brown in the pan. medium hot pan, not too much. >> like a canola oil. >> or pure olive oil, not virgin because the smoke point is not -- >> right. add a little butter. >> little bit of butter. >> just set our apples in there. >> and typically, how long is this going to go? >> once we sere them, we're going to go right into the oven. and it'll take about 12 minutes

in the oven. >> wow. it really doesn't take long at all. if you get yourself set up ahead of time, you can make a very nice dinner with something -- >> a little fresh time in there. >> time is on your side, charlie. in all of these cooking segments -- >> all comes back to music, harry. >> i've never used that joke. >> get that starting to brown. and once we do that, we're going to brown on both sides. but then we're going to go right into the oven. a nice caramelization. >> it's got to be about that. you've got to get it brown if you're going to get the job done. we're going to switch these guys out. >> we've got one ready to go here. and we'll pop that one in there. >> he's done this before, ladies and gentlemen. once in a while. >> we've got some shallots browning and we're going to add some brussel sprouts. >> this is cool. you peel them all apart, right? >> yeah. >> a little bit of sea salt. people love brussel sprouts.

>> you don't want to overcook them either. a little bit of white balsamic vinegar. and a little black truffle. little luxury. of course, you don't have to do it with the truffles. but this kind of -- >> yeah. that's working. >> and we're going to warm those basically, they've already been blanched. >> you blanch these ahead of time? >> blanched ahead of time, shocked in ice water. >> once they're in there, it's about getting all the stuff on there. can we cut one of these up? >> we'll pull one out and put that aside here. that's a gorgeous thing. >> yeah. >> look at that. nice and pink. you want to cook it medium. pork these days, not unlike any other meat. you don't want to overcook it and dry it out. so let's put a little bit of our pork on there. >> can i drizzle this? >> take a spoon, drizzle some of that. >> okay. >> we'll grab an apple. nice caramelized apple in here. >> look at that thing right

there. >> all right. >> now, you have some other gorgeous dishes here. >> we do. >> this is wrapped in bacon, everything pork. >> everything pork. >> little pork belly with a house skewer saurkraut. >> and if you're really, really, really lucky, you get a glass of charlie's own pinot. so we do a festival every year, it's a perfect combination. cheers. >> thank you so much. >> we'll see you tonight. get that hunger up, huh? >> first, for these recipes and others, go to our website. all you have to do is go to earlyshow@cbsnews.com. maggie, not sure i'm going to make it out there. >> oh, harry.

you don't want to miss today's installment of early record breakers. kenneth lee is going to try to regain the title of slicing the most apples in the air in one minute. he needs to slice more than 27 in a minute to beat the current record. also joining us stewart claxton. good morning again, stewart. >> good morning. >> kenneth, good morning. are you up for the challenge? >> oh, yes. >> you have to slice as many as possible in one minute. what are the rules? >> toss the apple in the air, draw a cut, any little piece counts, put it back, then reach back and toss another apple. >> so you slice one, then you've got to put one -- >> that's the hard pa, putting back in. >> you can cut your hand, stab your hand. >> have you had that happen? >> yeah. a few times. >> all right. all right. >> better the hand than the body. >> yeah. there you go. and you're trained in this, right? karate and sword training? >> so the current record is 27.

we have stewart, you're going to count with your counter. every time he slices an apple with me, one, he slices another one, two. he wants me to stress to you that any piece he cuts off counts. any time he cuts a piece of an apple, we give him one. let's put the clock up one minute. he's got to get more than 27. i'll say ready, set, go -- >> one. two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven -- twelve -- thirteen,

fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. >> move back. move back. >> time. >> time, time, time. sword is put away. what was the official? 21? >> 21. >> 21 apples. you stumbled there in the middle. what happened there? >> well, no excuses. pretty much trying to maintain the rhythm and stuck my hand a little bit. but it's okay. >> okay. >> yeah. i'm fine. it's just a little -- >> i think you also missed a spot shaving this morning.

>> yeah. >> it was an amazing -- just to watch you do that was remarkable. >> well, you know, every time i perform under different circumstances. elements are different, make no excuses. rain, shine, wind, you've got to keep going, you know. >> how about a hand for kenneth? thank you so much for being here. you can keep at it. you can try again. >> by the end of this week i'll have it. guaranteed. >> are you guys okay? a little afraid? >> well, thank you for watching, everybody. have a great day, everyone. remember to salute -- your local news is next.

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after a 55 lieutenant colonel from the area died in the fort hood massacre. later on today, the governor and first lady will be holding separate veterans day events. and he terrorized the area in 2002, now, he's dead. he was executed by lethal injection last night after convicted of killing a man in 2002. one of the ten people killed in the shooter sniper free. his family is taking his body to louisiana for a private burial. now, the defense and prosecutor attorneys are going to present their opening statements tomorrow in court for the mayor sheila dixon trial. if convicted, she could lose her office and could face time in prison. the howard county board of health is banning minors from using indoor tanning beds.

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